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Amount of curve of an airfoil
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The G in GPS Watery film The E in EFAS
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Flight operating rules for good weather, abbr. Aerospace giant based in London, ____ Systems
15 Vertical, movable control surface in the tail section or empennage of an air- plane 18 Gains altitude 19 FAA Private Pilot ____ 21 Closest 22 ____ light aircraft (very light) 24 Historic time period 26 Angle of _____ 28 Game official 31 Phase of flight when landing, 2 words 33 Fuel specially made for aircraft pistol engines, abbr. 35 “___ ___ was saying...”- 2 words 36 Desktop 37 Device for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity, abbr. 38 Aerodynamic force produced by a propeller or jet engine as it forces a mass of air to the rear
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_____ flight: where an aircraft does not change its direction
23 Kind of “radio compass” that provides a pilot with the relative bearing to a beacon to whcih the equipment is tuned 25 Temperature control, for short 27 ____rotor: type of aircraft like the Bell XV-15 for example 29 Precise 30 Simple 31 Luggage item 32 Military address 33 In a plane tire nitrogen is used instead of this to absorb the shock of landing 34 Position locator, abbr.
Authorization from traffic control
2 Imaginary line on the earth’s surface passing through both geographic poles 3 University website ending 4 No longer on active duty, abbr. 6 Type of flight in which the aircraft does not change altitude 7 Device that measures atmospheric pressure 8 Adds cargo 10 Type of site 14 Get things done 16 Estimated flight time a journey will take from departure to arrival in the destination or checkpoint, abbr. 17 Adjust a timepiece
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